ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Eric W. Douglas) (01/29/91)
In article <1991Jan24.145215.20129@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes: >At Macworld Expo, Scully announced thastandard VGA monitors could be >plugged into and work with the new LC' with a special adapter cable. >The folks working the apple booth couldn't give me the specs for the >cable and none of the aftermarket cable vendors at the show had a clue. >Has anyone actually used a VGA with the LC? Inquiring minds want to know. Then.. Saiid Paryavi (paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu) writes: >Here is the layman's guide to building a cable to connect the LC to standard >VGA monitors: [schematic deleted. available on request] >Put the hoods on and if you did everything right, it should work just fine. >It works good for me. >WARNING: Do this at your own risk. I am not responsible for the acuracy >of the above and I am definately not responsible for whatever goes wrong. What I am wondering is, is that this should work for *any* macintosh with 8bit video, right? I mean the specs for the LC video port would be the same as an 8/24 card, right? So, how come this hasnUt been attempted before, or, if it has, how come it is not public knowledge? I would like anyone who has tried the VGA configuration on the LC, or one who has tried it with an 8, 8/24 card and VGA, to send me mail, and report their results. (i.e. clarity, picture quality, etc.) I have seen VGA monitors considerably cheaper than most mac color monitors, and I beleive this would be highly benificial to a lot of people. I will summarize all responses and post them. Thanks for your time. Eric W. Douglas * internet: ericd@csufres.csufresno.edu Dept. of Computer Science * ez002644@deneb.ucdavis.edu California State University, Fresno *